WoRMS taxon details
Drepanophorus lankesteri
AphiaID: 159495
AphiaID: 159495
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Enopla (Class) > Hoplonemertea (Subclass) > Polystilifera (Order) > Reptantia (Suborder) > Drepanophoridae (Family) > Drepanophorus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Hubrechtonemertes lankesteri (Hubrecht, 1887) accepted as Punnettia lankesteri Hubrecht, 1887 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Drepanophorus | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK [details] | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details] Distribution: Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details] Habitat: benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details] remark: species fragment easily when handled [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159495 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Drepanophorus lankesteri. In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013) World Nemertea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159495 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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